Spiced Prune Cake With Cream Cheese Icing Recipe

spiced prune cake with cream cheese icing
Photograph: Yvonne Ruperti

Moist dried plums, warm spice, and crunchy walnuts flavor this cream cheese drizzled cake.

Recipe Details

Spiced Prune Cake With Cream Cheese Icing Recipe

Active 30 mins
Total 3 hrs
Serves 10 to 12 servings
Makes 1 tube cake

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups packed pitted prunes (12 ounces), chopped

  • 2/3 cup boiling water

  • 1 2/3 cups (11 2/3 ounces) packed light brown sugar

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 3 large eggs

  • 1/2 cup canola oil

  • 1/2 cup sour cream

  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

  • 2 cups (10 ounces) all-purpose flour

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

  • 4 ounces walnuts, chopped

  • 1/2 cup (2 ouncesconfectioners' sugar

  • 1/4 cup cream cheese

  • 1 tablespoon milk

Directions

  1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Grease 10-inch tube pan and line bottom with parchment paper. Place prunes in medium bowl and pour boiling water over; let sit 15 minutes.

  2. In large bowl, whisk sugar, salt, eggs, oil, sour cream, and vanilla until combined. Stir in prunes and accumulated liquid.

  3. In medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Whisk into wet mixture until almost combined. Stir in nuts until combined.

  4. Pour batter into pan and bake until golden, just set, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes clean, about 45 minutes. Let cool in pan for 30 minutes, then invert onto cooling rack to cool completely.

  5. When cake is cooled, whisk confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, and milk, until smooth. Adjust consistency with more milk if necessary to make the consistency loose enough to drizzle (but not too loose). Spoon over cake and serve.

Notes

If drizzling with icing, refrigerate leftovers.

Special Equipment

10-inch tube cake pan

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
477 Calories
20g Fat
71g Carbs
7g Protein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 10 to 12
Amount per serving
Calories 477
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 20g 26%
Saturated Fat 4g 18%
Cholesterol 57mg 19%
Sodium 316mg 14%
Total Carbohydrate 71g 26%
Dietary Fiber 3g 12%
Total Sugars 43g
Protein 7g
Vitamin C 0mg 2%
Calcium 97mg 7%
Iron 2mg 12%
Potassium 352mg 7%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)